was banned because (according to وكالة أنباء شينخوا, the state news agency of the People's Republic of الصين) 10 minutes of footage containing تشاو ين فات's portrayal of سنغافورةan pirate Sao Feng have been trimmed from versions of the film which may be shown in الصين. Chow is onscreen for 20 minutes in the uncensored theatrical release of the film. No official reason for the censorship was given, but unofficial sources within الصين have indicated that the character offered a negative and stereotypical portrayal of the Chinese people.[8]

Finnish Board of Film banned the showing of the film in فنلندا. In 1972 and 1974 Swedish television showed the film, resulting in the Swedish television mast on the جزر أولاند being shut down during the movie because Finns were banned from seeing the film. Director of the Finnish Board of Film Jerker Eeriksson said that the banning of the film was political because it harmed the Finnish-Soviet relationship. Finnish television showed the film in 1996 on the TV1 YLE channel.

Tiergarten AG has noted that several scenes in the movie violate the violence act §131 StGB. Thereby the movie is banned in ألمانيا. Private copies are still legal to own and personal use is not punishable; however any public show of the movie is highly prohibited and punishable act. There is a censored "Keine Jugendfreigabe/ No youth admitted" version, but it has all the violent scenes cut out. Retailing this copy is still legal, since "KJ" rated movies cannot be indexed/banned.[15]

Played for six weeks before the Nazi past of Gert Fröbe, who played the title villain, was disclosed;[29] it was unbanned after a few months after a man went to the اسرائيلi Embassy in Vienna and told staff that Fröbe hid him and his mother from the Nazis (which may have saved their lives).[30]

On its initial cinematic release in هولندا this لوريل وهاردي film was banned because the scene where the duo sat on a bed with a woman to whom they weren't married was "indecent". Today the film is not banned.[36]

On 25 March 2010 the Dutch court of Alkmaar has classified several scenes in the movie being child pornography,[37] which is illegal in هولندا. That means that possession, distribution and knowingly gaining access to the movie is not allowed.[38]

was banned for over 30 years, before an attempt at release was made in 2006. However, the submission for a M18 rating was rejected, and the ban was not lifted.[17]The ban was later lifted, with film was shown uncut with an R21 rating on 28 October 2011, as part of the Perspectives Film Festival.[55]

The movie was banned due to high level violence and blood and gore. The movie also deceipts the suffering and the agony of people who were forced to eat human flesh in Kharkiv during the German attack there on 1943.[83]

The movie contains scenes of brutal gory violence and torture. In the context of "Saw" franchise this is the only part that is banned. Thereby it is illegal to sell it or distribute, since visa is not given.[86]